Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1212

"Just give her the cold shoulder for a bit. Ignore her, and she'll come running right back to you."

Evan spoke with absolute certainty, chuckling. "I bet she doesn't even dare mention the word 'divorce' to you right now, does she?"

Felix slowly opened his eyes. Those normally sharp, profound eyes were now heavily bloodshot, his expression terrifyingly dark.

When he spoke, his voice was as raspy as sandpaper. "She was just here. She came specifically to talk about the divorce. If I didn't have an IV drip today, we probably would have finalized the paperwork by now and gone our separate ways."

Evan's eyes widened in disbelief. "She's actually serious?"

"Yeah."

Felix swallowed hard, looking as though he were choking down something incredibly bitter.

The hospital room fell deathly silent.

Even the usually talkative Evan was speechless, freezing with a slice of orange halfway to his mouth, unsure if he should eat it or put it back on the plate.

Felix closed his eyes, masking the profound sense of loss swirling in them. When he spoke again, his tone carried an almost desperate calmness.

"She's always been serious. She really wants to divorce me."

"She hasn't been taking care of me these past few days, either. If it weren't to discuss the divorce, she wouldn't have even bothered coming to the hospital."

"She's dead set on it."

Shawn glanced at Felix's pale face, then shot a look at Evan, stepping in to defuse the tension. "Alright, that's enough out of you."

Evan awkwardly set the orange down, finally realizing the situation was far more complicated than he had assumed.

"Why don't you... play the sympathy card and beg her? Women are soft-hearted," Evan suggested, offering a terrible idea.

Felix let out a self-deprecating laugh. "She's soft-hearted to everyone in the world except me."

Besides, she was divorcing him. Why would she care about his suffering now?

Shawn was much more perceptive than Evan. "It's obvious you really care about her."

Felix didn't answer, taking it as a tacit admission.

It was the first time Evan had realized this, and he was genuinely stunned.

He had always thought the only woman Felix cared about was Madeline.

After all, they had all seen how fiercely he protected her over the years.

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